e-brake
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e-brake
so, i hae an 87 f250 with a siezed emergency brake, the pedal wont go down if you press on it and its not stuck down. any ideas on hwat i should be looking for or how to fix it?
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cut em and forget them or tear apart the drum and fix em the right way good thing to note about e-brakes either use them regulary or forget em totaly cause when they arnt used and you try engaging them they will sieze and never move again
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Disconnect the front cable from the rears. Junction is on driver's side near front of bed. Now try the pedal-works=rears frozen no work=front cable frozen. I don't really like to pull on the rear cables too much as it is a pain trying to get the drums off with the emerg brake on.
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Thanks guys I've been away for awhile but I'm going to try some stuff tomorow but I think I'm just going to end up replacing it, how easy do you guys think it would be to do myself
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I would isolate the cables first to see which ones might be seized. When I first got my 87 the emerg brake pedal would not move. Disconnected at the junction and the pedal moved freely.
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so, i couldnt free anything and i got frustrated and hacksawed the bolt going from the equalizer to the junctoion, and the pedal moves very freeley, were can i buy both and where do i go from here
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I got both my cables from NAPA. Interesting: one side made in USA, one in China. Don't know if they have a listing for other parts. Hit up our sponsors or any other sites. To get an idea of prices and availability.
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